Comments on: Letter from London: Hot Scots, Part Deuxhttp://blog.art21.org/2009/09/07/letter-from-london-hot-scots-part-deux/
An online space for insightful writing on contemporary art and artistsMon, 29 Jun 2015 20:44:13 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: What’s Cookin at Art21: A Weekly Index | Art21 Bloghttp://blog.art21.org/2009/09/07/letter-from-london-hot-scots-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-13754
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:44:13 +0000http://blog.art21.org/?p=9198#comment-13754[…] “Sometimes the most interesting thing about an artist is the disparity between their work and the established perception of it. Eva Hesse, the late German-American sculptor of ratty latex and dog-eared fiberglass, has suffered from what Nabokov called ‘dotting every i with the author’s head….’” Ben Street writes to us from London in Part II of Hot Scots. […]
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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:12:21 +0000http://blog.art21.org/?p=9198#comment-13662As you say, it’s not easy for hardening latex and browned acetate to hold on to spontaneity: it’s like trying to laugh at a joke in latin, or like a bald man hoping for a just-rollled-out-of-bed look. The processes of decay make Hesse’s sculptures resemble Beuys, they become queasy totems whether they like it or not.

I have a question for your hearty brain Mr Street: do you reckon that the inverse also occurs: that the passage of time might bring out the slapstick in Bill Viola’s work? Will Sam Taylor Wood’s film works one day break free from their leaden chrysalises and romp light-heartedly through our imaginations?